Combined rail anticreeper, tie plate, and brace.



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COMBINED RAIL ANTICREEPER, TIE PLATE, AND BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.25. 19H. Patented June 18, 1918.

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COMBINED RAIL ANTICREEPER, TIE PLATE, AND BRACE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.26. 19H.

PatentedJune18, 1918.

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Inventor: Peter- Kimack.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented June 13, 1918.

I Application filed December 26, 1917. Serial 110.208,!68.

taining afull, clear and exact description,

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reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combinedrail anticreeper, tie late'and brace-and has for its primary ob ecttheconstruction of a rail anti-creeper. which engageswith the edge of therail base and the web of the rail, thus preventing the movementof therail in either direction. I a

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a erspective view of my invention applied.or use. v

Fig.2 is a cross section taken on a line 2-2 of Fig.3. Fig. 3 is asection taken on a line 3-3 of Fi.2,and f ig. 4 is a bottom plan view ofthe tie Referrin to the drawings, 5 indicates the he plate w ich isprovided with the usual rail bearing surface and on one end with hookedflanges 6, an a spike openin' 7, and on the opposite end with a railshoulder 8 and spike openings 9.

Intermediate the spike openings 9 is a spike openin 10, and surroundingthe same on the outsi e is a semi-circular flange 11, which forms asocket or bearing for the rail anti-creeper; The rail anti-creepingdevice is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and consists of a .body

portion 12, provided with a strengthening rib 1 3 and with a serratedportion 14:, which j -is adapted to engage the-web '15 of the rail.

One end of the rail anti-creeper is provided with a semi-circularportion 16' through which is formed a round opening anti-creeper isadapte to snugly fit in the socket formed by the flange 11, and theopening 18 of therail anti-creeper coincides'with the sp ke opening 10,formed in the tie plate.

Formed in the rail anti-creeper is a ser-- rated shoulder or bitingsurface 19, which is adapted to engage with the edge of the rail baseflange. The shoulder 19 when the earmg The semi-circular, ortion 16 ofthe rail 'is adapted to be mserted the rail for preventing the railanti-cree er rail anti-creeper is in position, extends 21. The spikes 20and 21 are for the pur- 5 is secured to the tie by pose of'securing onerail base flange, and,

the opposite rail base flange is secured to the tie plate by means ofthe hooked flanges 6.

In installingmy rail anti-creeper for use,

the tie plate 5 is applied to the tie in the usual manner and by meansof the spikes 20, and a spike passing through the opening 7.

The rail is properly secured andthen sthe rail anti-creeper is appliedto the tie plate and rail by placing the semi-circular portion 16 in thesocket formed by the flange .11

and then by meansof a spike 21 the ra1l anti-creeper is firmly securedin place,

theserrated ortion 14 being held in contact with the we of the rail andthe serrated portion 19 being held in contact with the edge of the baseflange of the rail.

The serrated portion 14 is\ formed on an arc of a circle, whose radiusis greater than the distance from the face of the rail web to thevertical axis of the spike 21, on which the rail anti-creeper isarranged to rotate.-

The serrated shoulder 19 which bites against the edge of the base flan eof the rail is formed on an arc'of a circ e, whose radius is greaterthan the distance from the vertical axisof the spike 21, to the outerface or edge of the rail base flange.

By the foregoing construction of biting or engaging surfaces 14. and 19,any long v tudinal movementof the rail in either rection will cause bothsurfaces to firmly clamp or bite into the rail and thus prevent itscreepingin either direction, the serrated surface 14. acting against theweb, and the.

serrated shoulder 19 actingagainst the edge of the base flange.

Extending from the .body portion 12' of the rail anti-creeper is apbgjection 22 which from working away from the web. I s pro ect1on 22also acts as a rail brace.

math the ballot 1 In some instances the serrated portion .14 and thepromotion 22 may be omitted, in

which event the "rail creeping is prevented solely by the serratedportlon the rail base flange.

If it is desired to use the serrated portion 14 only, the verticalportion of the rail anticreeper is eliminated.

The bottom of the tie plate is provided with a series of intersectingribs or flanges '23 which perform the usual function of hooked flangesand a spike opening and on the other end with a rail bearing shoulder.

and spike openings intersecting said shoulder and with a socket betweenthe spike openings, and a locking dog pivotally mounted in said socketsaid locking dog being provided with a serrated edge adapted to engage arail base flange and with a portion projecting beyond the serrated edgeand overlying the top of the rail base flange.

3. A rail anti-creeper comprising atie plate provided with spikeopenings, hooked flanges on one end and a rail bearing shoulder on theother end and a socket between the spike openings, alocking dog providedwith a cylindrical opening and a cam faced shoulder adaptedto engageagainst the edge of the rail mounted in said socket, a rail bracingportion carried by said locking dog adapted to be seated beneaththe'ball of the rail, and serrated surface carried by the locking dogand located between the rail brace and the-cam face shoulder.

4; A rail anti-creeper comprising a tie plate provided on its underneathsurface with flanges, and on its top surface at one end with hookedflanges for engaging one nacems base flange of the rail, and at itsopposite end, with a rail bearing shoulder and a socket, a pivotedlocking dog mounted in said socket, said locking dog being provided witha serrated cam faced shoulder adapted to bear against an edge of thebase flange and provided with a portion extending beyondthe shoulderadapted to lie on top of the base flange, said'locking dog beingprovided with a circular opening, and a spike seated in said opening forsecuring the locking dog to the rail.

i 5; A rail anti-creeper comprising a tie plate provided on one end withhooked flanges spaced apart and a spike opening between said flanges andon the other end with a rail bearing shoulder and spike-openingsintersecting said shoulder and with a socket between the spike openingsthe wall of the socket beinga continuation of the rail bearing shoulder,and a loch'ng dogpivotally mounted in said socket said locking dog beingprovided with a cam faced serrated shoulder adapted to engage the railbase flange. V

6. A rail anti-creeper comprising a tie plate provided on one end withhooked flanges spaced apart and witha spike opening between said flangesand on the other 7 end with a rail bearing shoulder and spike openingsintersecting said shoulder and with a socket intermediate the spikeopenings the wall of which-forms a continuation of the rail bearingshoulder, a dog provided with a serrated cam faced shoulder pivotallymounted in said socket for engagin base flange of a rail, and a series 0ribs formed on the underneath surface of'said plate.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this subscribingwitnesses.

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